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Asch the Bloody ([personal profile] dissonates) wrote2012-07-08 10:21 pm

[Voice]

[Silence.

There's too much of it. It burns into his mind, the echo of emptiness in the corner of it, that ache he can't seem to brush aside no matter how he tries to distract himself. He's tried going outside, he's tried burying himself in that braille stuff Xion gave him, he's tried striking up conversations with his housemates (even the animals), but he runs out of things to say far too quickly and in the back of his mind it's always there. The silence, the echo. The fact that something is missing.

Dead.

And then he's had enough.

The journal's camera is partially obscured when the feed flickers on, and what it does show is his face - eyes, a flash of red hair, his bangs down - just enough to make it seem like he's not quite himself. His voice, too, is softened; it's not as open and friendly as Luke would have been when greeting the village, but it lacks the usual anger or pent-up frustrations of the socially-awkward soldier. If anything it sounds... hushed, weary, tinged with a bit of desperation. He needs this. Whether or not he wants to do it is irrelevant.

It hurts. The silence hurts, more than last time when Luke had been sent home, and he honestly hadn't thought it would.]


Tell me about your day. Tell me a story. Talk about anything. Today I'm listening.

[He might not care. He might not be nice about it. He might not even remember it later. But he'll listen.

He just needs to hear something, so he can forget about the nothing in his head for a while.]

((Asch is blind, so all tags must be voice/action or he cannot respond to them!))

[voice]

[personal profile] echotaker 2012-07-29 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yup! But it's one hell of a lot of fun. Come on, you've got to try it sometime in the woods.

1/2

[personal profile] echotaker 2012-07-29 08:49 am (UTC)(link)

2/2

[personal profile] echotaker 2012-07-29 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly, man, I just mean you should try it for fun now and then. You sound way too uptight.

[personal profile] echotaker 2012-07-29 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Michael tends to get that way.]

Hey, you're the one who asked us to talk to you. You obviously have a lot on your mind.

So I figure why not work it off? Standing around listening to us talk won't help for long. Expending the energy will help a lot more is all.

[personal profile] echotaker 2012-08-09 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Michael pauses for a moment, then grins.]

You ever heard of "The Daredevil?"

[personal profile] echotaker 2012-08-11 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
He's a hero who, even though he's blind, does what he can to do his very best. I don't think being blind can stop someone who truly believes in themselves, man. Hell, I'd even help you train if you want.

[personal profile] echotaker 2012-08-11 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Man, if it's temporary, you could at least try acting like you know it is. You sound like you've given up. Food for thought, okay? That's all I'm saying.

[personal profile] echotaker 2012-08-16 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
You know, you don't need to put up so many walls, man. Not with someone like me. Just be honest with me. I get that you're mad. It's really, really obvious. I just want to help.